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perturbation(noun, trouble, disorder, uncertainty)
4
tight spot(noun, expression, trouble, disaster)
3
ado(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety)
3
crisis(noun, trouble, worry, anxiety)
3
crunch(noun, trouble, change, dispute)
3
knot(noun, trouble, set, group)
3
mistake(noun, verb, break, disorder)
2
bewilderment(noun, disorder, confusion, uncertainty)
2
botheration(noun, trouble, dispute, issue)
2
box(noun, trouble, place, fix, dispute)
2
count(noun, trouble, dispute, issue)
2
daze(noun, verb, trouble, disorder, disturb)
2
discomfiture(noun, trouble, confusion, shame)
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disconcertion(noun, confusion, shame, mistake)
2
emergency(noun, trouble, change, disorder, worry)
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exigency(noun, trouble, change, worry)
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faux pas(noun, expression, idiom, decline, ruin)
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ferment(noun, verb, trouble, uncertainty)
2
fog(noun, verb, trouble, disorder)
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frustration(noun, trouble, decline, ruin, defeat)
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